The Zwanenburgbaan (Runway 18C-36C) reopened to air traffic six-weeks of maintenance on Monday, 22 April. Planes can now land and take-off as usual. Buitenveldertbaan Runway (09-27) may not be used as often, except during strong east or westerly windstorms.
Published on: 23 April 2019
Runway maintenance in figures
Up to 200 colleagues worked day and night on the 3,300-metre-long runway in recent weeks. They laid over 170,000 square metres of asphalt, which equates to around 34 soccer fields! More than 15 km of lines were painted on this brand-new asphalt and 3,000 sqm of numbers and letters were added. These additions help pilots to easily see the runway from the air. In addition, 1,276 LED lights to 100 kilometres of cables were laid to light the runway at night.
For more information
Find out more on runway maintenance, flight paths and runway use on the Schiphol as a Neighbour page.